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A Study on Theoretical Construction and Practical Application of Embodied Translation
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Abstract
Traditional cognitive translation studies have long been confined to a symbolic processing model in a closed laboratory, simplifying translation to an independent language conversion operation within the brain and ignoring the constitutive effects of body perception, contextual embedding, emotional experience, and social environment on translation behavior. Embodied cognition, which emerged in the second generation of cognitive science, is centered on “oneness of body and mind,” suggesting that translation is a dynamic coupling of the body, mind, environment, technology, and culture in embodied practice, thus giving rise to the embodied translation paradigm. This paper reviews the evolution of cognitive translation research from the information processing paradigm to the embodied context paradigm, explains the embodied translation view, and discusses the multi-dimensional practice of embodied cognition for translator cognitive processing, translation teaching, human-machine collaboration in machine translation, and quality management in engineering translation. Innovative empirical methods, cross-disciplinary integration paths, and disciplinary development directions are also proposed for future embodied translation research.
Keywords
Embodied cognition; embodied translation; translation teaching; machine-translation post-editing; engineering translation practice
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How to cite this paper
A Study on Theoretical Construction and Practical Application of Embodied Translation
How to cite this paper: Meng Fan, Qingqing Chen. (2026). A Study on Theoretical Construction and Practical Application of Embodied Translation. The Educational Review, USA, 10(5), 320-324.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/er.2026.05.010
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